Keyu Jin for Age of Economics part 1

Age of Economics: in the first part of this project a diverse group of global thinkers answers 8 fundamental questions about economics and capitalist civilization.

Keyu Jin (Chinese: 金刻羽) is a Chinese economist, associate professor of economics at the London School of Economics and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, specialising in international macroeconomics and the Chinese economy. Her research focuses on global trade imbalances, global asset prices and the China's economic growth model. Jin was born in Beijing, China. At the age of 14, Jin moved to New York to attend high school and later to Cambridge, Massachusetts to attend Harvard University, where she received her B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. Jin received her B.A. in Economics from Harvard University in 2004, and was awarded the Allyn A. Young Prize in Economics for her thesis. She continued her studies for her M.A. and received her Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 2009. Her research focuses on global imbalances and global asset prices, drivers of China's growth model, the impact of the one-child policy and the Chinese saving puzzle. Between 2009 and 2016, she was an Assistant Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, before becoming an Associate Professor. Jin was named Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2014. Jin was also a Visiting Professor at Yale University on the Cowles Fellowship from September to December 2012 as well as at UC Berkeley from January to May 2015. Jin has advised and consulted for the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. She also has had experience at various financial institutions including Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley. She is a columnist for Project Syndicate and Caixin Magazine, and has contributed opinion pieces to media outlets like the Financial Times and the South China Morning Post. Jin also serves as a non-executive director to Richemont Group, the world's second-largest luxury goods company. She worked with a working committee for China Banking Regulatory Commission on Fintech and previously sat on editorial board of the Review of Economic Studies.

Interview by Fabio Dondero

Music: J.S. Bach, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Praeludium 20 in A minor, BWV 865. Kimiko Ishizaka, piano